Mardraum

Mardraum

Track Listings

1. Larger Than Time -- Heavier Than Night [Storrr Enn Tid- Tyngre Enn Nat]

2. Deadhymn/ Dandnigekvida

3. Inngang-Flukt [Entrance-Escape]

4. Hive [Ormgaro]

5. Aege's Dream [Æges Oraum]

6. Nightmare [Mardraun]

7. Ending Empire [Det Endelege Riket]

8. Hive 2 -- Strangled by Purity [Ormgaro 2-Kvalt I Kysk Bogsong]

9. Warrior Unkown [Krigaren Eg Ikkje Kjende]

10. Starhome [Stjerneheimen]

11. Freya's Necklace [Froyas Smykke]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
First release on Necropolis Records expands on their signature blackened sound with haunting psychedelic atmospheres and cryptic true metal riffing, all the while keeping things even more aggressive than their past releases. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Tracks:

Larger Than Time -- Heavier Than Night [Storrr Enn Tid- Tyngre Enn Nat]
Deadhymn/ Dandnigekvida
Inngang-Flukt [Entrance-Escape]
Hive [Ormgaro]
Aege's Dream [es Oraum]
Nightmare [Mardraun]
Ending Empire [Det Endelege Riket]
Hive 2 -- Strangled by Purity [Ormgaro 2-Kvalt I Kysk Bogsong]
Warrior Unkown [Krigaren Eg Ikkje Kjende]
Starhome [Stjerneheimen]
Freya's Necklace [Froyas Smykke]

Album Details

Melody Combined with Pure Violence!

Average customer rating:

Nightmare Metal
The turning point
Outstanding Black/Viking Metal
Prog-noise beaches the longboat.
The BEST balance of Enslaved.

Mardraum
Enslaved
Manufacturer: Necropolis Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Death Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music

Blodhemn
Frost
Below the Lights
Isa
Ruun

ASIN: B00004Y70T
Release Date: 2000-11-21

Tracks:

Larger Than Time -- Heavier Than Night [Storrr Enn Tid- Tyngre Enn Nat]
Deadhymn/ Dandnigekvida
Inngang-Flukt [Entrance-Escape]
Hive [Ormgaro]
Aege's Dream [es Oraum]
Nightmare [Mardraun]
Ending Empire [Det Endelege Riket]
Hive 2 -- Strangled by Purity [Ormgaro 2-Kvalt I Kysk Bogsong]
Warrior Unkown [Krigaren Eg Ikkje Kjende]
Starhome [Stjerneheimen]
Freya's Necklace [Froyas Smykke]

Album Description

First release on Necropolis Records expands on their signature blackened sound with haunting psychedelic atmospheres and cryptic true metal riffing, all the while keeping things even more aggressive than their past releases. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Nightmare Metal.......2005-10-09

Enslaved's musical output never has failed to excite me. their first album Frost, was a great slab of blasting cold metal with a cool raw feel to it. Eld followed it up with an epic force that set the stage for the onslaught of the third record: the violent Blodhemn. now, with Mardraum -Beyond The Within-, the next stage has begun.

the term "Viking Metal" has been long tagged with Enslaved; and for good reason. they seemed to wear that label proudly; listing it boldy on the inside cover of their first album, and going so far as to don the actual Viking garb in their photos and stage show. imagine how that must have been playing music this fast and technically demanding while wearing a steel mesh body suit and an iron helmet! and what's so amazing about it, is that it's not just art for art's sake, but for the real historical value and cultural signifigance. that's one of the things that makes this band so alluring and fascinating to me...besides the fact that there music is undoubtably some of the finest and most challenging metal being made by any band these days.

Mardraum signals the beginning of some changes in the Enslaved sound. some kind of strange mystical force is brewing in these songs. where as before, the emphasis was on historical battles in the physical world, this record seems to turn it's focus a bit more on the magickal struggle. it's still every bit as fast and violent as their previous blood-soaked set of anthems, but this time around, Enslaved has prepared some new twists to their musical formula.

the opening song "Larger Than Time - Heavier Than Night" (what a great song title!) begins with the spacey psychadelic sounds of guitar heavily echoed with reverb and delay and then the drums enter in, launching a hyper speed blast of brutal riffs and kinetic energy. the pace slows down to a crawl as the vocals eerily drift in over the lumbering pace. it's a bit like a black metal version of Pink Floyd. it's overall effect is both chilling and exhilerating.

the album continues down these lines, but more brutal and overall, the speed factor is kept at a breakneck pace. barely taking a breath, the band seems to be full of life and the solid riffs just keep coming. their seems to be a more loose mood to these recording sessions than in the past. some of the rhythms have more of a groove and i can hear alot more 70's rock influence buried under all the distortion and growling. there seems to be a bit more guitar solos on this album, too. which is a good thing! it gives this album a more rocking approach. but amongst all the thrashing and headbanging, there's plenty of space devoted to weird spacey passages, such as the beginning to the third song "Entrance - Escape," which evokes a feverish nightmare of paranoid visions and an indeniable presence.

Mardraum -Beyond The Within- is a proud moment for Enslaved and probably stands as their most refined and solid album they have ever made. things will get stranger and more abstract on their recordings after this record; and the steps to their progression can be seen on this album. Mardraum is another Enslaved masterpiece!

The turning point.......2005-08-30

After finishing the "Viking Trilogy" of Frost, Eld, and Blodhemn, I can almost imagine the guys from Enslaved just sitting around one day pondering what to do next. Fresh from creating three albums of scorching yet beautiful black metal, inspired by Viking legend and Norse mythology - albums that would later (i.e. NOW) become seminal in their field.

So what next? Rehash the past and grow stale, or move forward?

The answer: Mardraum. In this fiery, speedy, thrashy opus, Enslaved launches into what we now see as the second phase of their career - the fusion of progressive elements into black metal, which (until now) has typically been the genre most adamantly resistant to anything hinting of progression.

Of course the first reaction of most fans (especially the "kvlt" black metal crowd) is "OMG SELLOUTS!!" -- However, you may rest assured, this is absolutely not the case.

From the creepy, ominous opening of "Større Enn Tid - Tyngre Enn Natt" to the dreamy closure of "Frøyas Smykke", the band weaves in and out of many diverse, yet enthralling styles. A grindy sort of black metal, thrash grooves, oddities that hearken to mid-career Voivod, moments of Floyd-esque space rock, even a country-western sounding bit (no, I'm serious!!) in "Det Endelege Riket" all intertwine to absolutely amazing effect.

Also, for the first time, Enslaved has taken the time to translate and print all the lyrics in English for the fans across the pond. Granted, some of them don't exactly translate all that well, but a great gesture nonetheless. (This would be the only time such a thing was necessary, however, as this would turn out to be their last album with lyrics in their native Norwegian.)

Often this album is seen by die-hard fans to be the "bastard child" between the "Viking" and "Prog" eras of Enslaved's stellar career, and even summarily dismissed as a result... but honestly such dismissal makes me wonder if they even listened to it.

The band's work continues to excel, but being a fan of both eras of Enslaved's career, this "bridge" album seems to stand taller and stronger than any other. Indeed, this is my favorite album of all time.

It is truly amazing how silent that the career of these metal giants has been, and continues to be.

Outstanding Black/Viking Metal.......2004-08-19

Not content to follow the rules, Enslaved have made another original black metal album with influences from other metal and rock genres. Its progressive yet dark, brutal and moving. Harmonically varied dark chords, clean and growly vocals with melodies influenced by Norse folk music combine to make a spiked wall of dense intensity. I love how these guys meld different textures together yet still retain black metal sensibilities and majestic power, not to mention speed. This is a great release.

Prog-noise beaches the longboat........2002-09-04

On "Mardraum", Enslaved construct monumental, dense towers of blistering riffs and drench them in distortion. These asymmetric edifices crop up between atmospheric, almost folky interludes that maintain the Viking theme that runs through this band's earlier albums. Dissonant chords and fuzzy noise clusters contribute to a peculiar atmosphere that set's this album apart from "Frost" and the like. The hyperspeed guitar work continues to display the black metal-derived shifting wall of melody 'n noise, but tempered with angular thrashy-proggy designs that weave an atypical stitching through the dense fabric of sound. This album is a bit more polished than earlier works, which is both a good and bad thing. On the one hand, the unique dissonant riffs and rhythms are audibly distinct from the sound as a whole; on the other hand, a more obscure production job might have been better for the overall atmosphere and made it easier to focus on the cumulative power of the band. Enslaved have never really been a black metal band, so complaining about this album not sounding "black enough". is more or less pointless. Still, these viking metal pioneers have always been remarkable in their ability to use Norwegian black metal structural principles with a more "epic" range of tones, and while this is still true to a certain extent, there's an unfingerable slickness that keeps this album from earning that extra star from this fan of the raw and raucous.

The BEST balance of Enslaved........2002-01-07

Hmmm at first this cd could be a strange one 'cause it has some experimental elements but with time you'll realize that it doesn'e affect the music anyway, it's still Enslaved with great clean vocals and lots of HEAVY guitar riffs. some werdness at times mas overall it's just genious brutallity, Enslaved has done the work pretty much well this time, it's not all that viking as ELD and FROST but it's stil has the feeling of it, great lirycs and everything.If you enjoy extreme viking metal you should try the band VIKING CROWN , another great and VERY brutal ''viking'' act.

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